For a long time I’ve done this thing I call the Fearless Songwriter Challenge. The challenge is to write seven songs in seven days. This week, I’m going to post the songs I’m writing during the week. They’ll be nowhere close to perfect. Some of them likely won’t be very good. That isn’t the point. … Continue reading The Skin of the Truth
Category: Fearless Challenge
Don’t Much Know What This is Going to Look Like
“Don’t much know what this is going to look like,” is a perfectly acceptable place to start from. It may be the only place to start from. Now, take a step. The next one will follow. There’s always fog on the path. Learn to move with, and in, uncertainty. It isn't easy. … Continue reading Don’t Much Know What This is Going to Look Like
Dang Good Chords
Here are two sheets I put together a dog’s age ago, with the clever titles “Dang Good Chords” and “Good Chords Fool.”* They talk about chord relationships and what chords tend to like to do, in the keys of G and C. This is all based on “The Chord Ladder” which is an alternate perspective … Continue reading Dang Good Chords
Planning for the Fearless Challenge
I’ve wanted for a while to put together an intake to help people prepare for the Fearless Songwriting Challenge. I’d forgotten about “The Ship It Journal,” Seth Godin’s workbook to help people suss out the resistance they’ll find in working on a project, and helps them plan ahead to beat it. Here’s a link to … Continue reading Planning for the Fearless Challenge
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